abruemmer1

geez...get the guy a chair at least. That would be a long boring shift.

From Circuit City 24" Samsung Monitor 9" Smartparts Digital Frame Midland 2-Way Radios (not the ones in the ad, but did have the 10% off coupon) SanDisk 2GB Cruzer USB Flash Drive SanDisk 2GB SD Card SanDisk 2GB Ultra II SD Card (x3-no rebate, just sale priced!) Super Mario Galaxy From Officemax Magnovox 100 Pack DVD+R (x2-again no rebate just low price!) Inkjet Paper (buy 2 get 1 free)

I'm going to download enough shows on my Ipod Touch to keep me entertained from 9pm-5am!

I'm thinking I'll get there at 9pm. Hopefully get a ticket for the laptop, then make a bee line for the 24" monitor when the doors open. Going to scope out the store on the 21st.

It concerns me that CC doesn't list any min. quantities for the doorbuster items! Guess that means they could have none...

Samsung 24" HD LCD Widescreen Monitor $329.99 Compaq Presario Dual-Core 15.4" Laptop w/ 1GB RAM $299.99 Smartparts Digital Photo Frame $69.99

Was in the low teens when I camped out from midnight to 5am two years ago at CC for the laptop! That was a long 5 hours... Right now lows are getting down to the mid to low 20's. But I'm ready with my battery powered socks this year!

I camped out starting at midnight two years ago at CC for the laptop doorbuster. The ticket handout was orderly and the line maintained order until right before 5am when a lot of people showed up just in time for the doors to open. So they could use better crowd control at 5am. The checkout was horrible. That was the year of the AOL discount and the signup process wasn't working properly. Stood in line for hours to pay for my laptop. Had to take last year off after that. I'm trying to psych myself up for camping out again for the $299 laptop, 24 inch Samsung LCD Monitor, and 9" digital picture frame.

It's not under $50, but I think I'm going to try and get the 9" one from CC for my parents. That's a really good price for a 9" frame from what I can tell so far.

I spent 5 hrs in 11 degree temps last year for the laptop at CC!! Then another 5 hrs to checkout due to the AOL mess. This year I am watching movies and on my laptop in my PJ's! Oh yeah, I'll be here. Even if 5AM is PST!!!!!! (I'm central)

The only problem I'm having is that the prices are not going down!!!!

At least the items I want all show as being in stock at my local stores! Now the wait for the prices to change!!

Wonder if that's EST?

http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=532296 Mentioned in my former hometown newspaper, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel!

65 during the day, 55 at night. Trying to save on the heating bills! Wish I had fur like my German Shepherd. He loves to lay ouside in the snow and even when it was 15 degrees out there didn't want to come inside.

I wonder if there was a big jump in people shopping online this year that companies were not prepared for. I had one package from Amazon that FedEx had Tues at 2pm at the local hub. But they didn't deliver it until 4pm on Friday! When I called Wed and Thur to find out when my package would be delivered I was told basically that they didn't have enough people to deliver everything. Sounds like UPS may have had similar problems as well.

Anybody else been tracking the status of the BF rebates yet? I see I already have one from CC that says it's invalid due to the Circuit City ticket number being invalid. I ordered it online and included the order number they gave me. So I've already contacted the online link for rebate customer service. We'll see how that turns out. Guess the fight for my money has begun!! I love rebates!!!!!

I camped out in 15 degree weather from 11:15pm to 5am, then waiting 2 hours to checkout due to the AOL system crash problem. But overall I am happy that I did it. It's much faster than my ~6y.o. Compaq Presario 1200 and has a better screen, bigger HD, etc. The built in wireless is nice too. I like not having a wireless card hanging out the side. As noted, speakers are not great. But it is mainly for internet upstairs so won't be using the speakers much. For the occasional DVD that might get viewed on it they will be ok. Was 14 of of 15 available, so if there is a deal like this again next year I'll have to plan to be there even earlier I think! Many thanks to gottadeal.com! If it wasn't for this site I wouldn't have known about this in time to "prepare" to spend 5+ hours outside freezing! And to know which laptop I wanted from all the discussions ahead of time and not have to decide Thanksgiving night was sooo nice!!

15 available at the store I went to. I was 14th!!!!!!!

Was sitting out trying to stay warm in 15 degree weather from 11:45pm to 5am at Circuit City. Was 14th out of 15 for the Tosiba laptop however! Got the printer and router that's free after rebate.Took 2 hours to check out about 8 people in front of me in the special laptop checkout due to some sort of technical problems. But I got the main thing I was after and I didn't suffer frostbite so it was worth it! Also picked up the 512Mb SD card that's 10 bucks after rebate.

I'll be in my "fuzzy pants". Sort of a thicker version of sweatpants, with long johns underneath. It will be a toasty 10 degrees with 15mph winds for me!

It's back up now...but I don't see the BF ad.

I have a Menards across the street from Home Depot which is nice. I compare Menards to a Walmart and Home Depot to Target. I go there for low prices on things I see in thier ads, sort of like Walmart. But Menards is messier than Home Deport, just like Walmart is messier than Target. But none the less, I saw a few things for Friday that will make it my third stop (2nd if I don't go to Compusa at midnight).

OHHH NOOO....just when I thought I had my mind made up....Hmmmm.....I'm just worried about the 750 lumens but otherwise seems to be worth the $100 more than the X1A even if I couldn't get the rebate online. I have a Sony VPH-1252Q now that is a big monster that isn't that bright during the day. But if the 4805 isn't that much brighter then???.....decisions...decisions.....

I've been trying to decide between the Optoma and X1A and had decided on the X1A due to it's bulb ($300 to replace) life being rated twice as high (4000 vs 2000) hours. The negative was the X1A is 1100 Lumens while the Optoma is 1800 Lumens. I see the SP4805 is only 750 Lumens. Is it the native 16:9 ratio that makes the SP4805 better than the X1A (X1A supports 16:9-but it's not native) or something else?